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Brett Mullan

Saddened to read that Dr. Brett Mullan, an eminent climate scientist, life member of the New Zealand Meteorological Society and lifelong chess enthusiast, passed away last week after a long battle with cancer. Brett was a member of the Wellington Chess Club. I remember Brett well from our time together at Civic Chess Club from 1982 to 1988. Brett was a quietly spoken, likeable fellow and we had some enjoyable games together. He was also a member of the very successful Civic B grade team in the now defunct Wellington Interclub Championship. Condolences to his family. Brett will be missed.

Saddened to read that Dr. Brett Mullan, an eminent climate scientist, life member of the New Zealand Meteorological Society and lifelong chess enthusiast, passed away last week after a long battle with cancer. Brett was a member of the Wellington Chess Club. I remember Brett well from our time together at Civic Chess Club from 1982 to 1988. Brett was a quietly spoken, likeable fellow and we had some enjoyable games together. He was also a member of the very successful Civic B grade team in the now defunct Wellington Interclub Championship. Condolences to his family. Brett will be missed.

Sorry to hear that. I remember him as a quiet player although I ever had a game with him. Didn't know he was so eminent in his own field.

“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.”
“There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.”—Thomas Sowell

Tough game. Looks like Black's B-pair already had an edge over the P, when White might have thought, aha, forking the Rs with 56.Nc5. But this allowed Black to force a deadly discovered check.

“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.”
“There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.”—Thomas Sowell